News release: “In 2007, statistics show that about 84% of the US population subscribed to a form of wireless mobile phone service. At any given time, about 6% of travelers on the road are talking on a cell phone, while 10% of teen drivers are talking or texting. Researchers have shown that using mobile phones while driving is four times as likely to get into crashes, and the increased crash risk is similar for hands-free and hand-held phones.”
“University of Utah engineers have invented a wireless car key device [Key2SafeDriving] to stop teenage motorists from talking on their cell phone or sending text messages while driving. Each driver of a car would have a separate key device. When the key is extended from the device, it sends a signal to the teenage driver’s phone, putting the phone in “driving mode” so it cannot be used to talk or send texts. The phone displays a stop sign while in driving mode. The University has licensed the Key2SafeDribving technology to a private company, which hopes to have the device on the market within six months, possibly through cell phone plan providers.”
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